unfaceted

unfaceted
неогранённый

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  • unfaceted — adjective lacking facets an unfaceted gem • Ant: ↑faceted …   Useful english dictionary

  • unfaceted — adj. * * * …   Universalium

  • eyestalk — A pre segmental appendage on either side of the median line of the carapace and bearing on its distal surface the cornea [Ingle, 1983]. Articulating eye comprising peduncle and (usually) pigmented cornea [Poore, 2004]. Peduncle movably… …   Crustacea glossary

  • Alabama cave shrimp — Taxobox name = Alabama cave shrimp status = EN status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda infraordo = Caridea familia = Atyidae genus = Palaemonias species = P.… …   Wikipedia

  • Carbuncle (gemstone) — A carbuncle is an archaic name given to any red cabachon cut gemstone. The name applied particularly to red garnet. [Shipley, Robert M. Dictionary of Gems and Gemology, 5th edition, Gemological Institute of America, 1951, pp40] The word occurs in …   Wikipedia

  • gemstone — /jem stohn /, n. a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished for use as a gem. [bef. 1000; ME gimstone, OE gimstan. See GEM, STONE] * * * Any of various minerals prized for beauty, durability, and rarity. A few noncrystalline… …   Universalium

  • cabochon cut —       method of cutting gemstones with a convex, rounded surface that is polished but unfaceted. Opaque, asteriated, iridescent, opalescent, or chatoyant stones are usually cut en cabochon. The back of a normal cabochon cut stone is flat, but it… …   Universalium

  • chatoyance — ▪ mineral property       the property of some minerals to exhibit a wavy, luminous band with a silky lustre, reminiscent of the eye of a cat, in the centre of a cabochon cut (cabochon cut) (polished, with a rounded, unfaceted convex surface)… …   Universalium

  • Star of India — ▪ gem       a large, cabochon cut, gray blue star sapphire, slightly oval in shape. The polished but unfaceted gem weighs 536 carats and was found in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). It was presented to the American Museum of Natural History, in New York… …   Universalium

  • Timur ruby — ▪ gem       jewel that is in fact not a ruby but one of the world s largest polished red magnesia spinels (see ruby spinel). The unfaceted, 361 carat stone is set in the imperial state crown of England. It is inscribed with the names and dates of …   Universalium

  • cabochon —    Polished gemstone of rounded, unfaceted form …   Glossary of Art Terms


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